Resources are constrained through the limits of technology.
The concept of "non-renewable" vs "renewable" is a farce.
EVERYTHING, is renewable. We have as much aluminum, for example, today than we did 2,000 years ago and will continue to have until we have sufficiently advanced technology to alter elements economically- such as fusion of a hydrogen proton to say, cobalt, to create nickle.
In addition, much to the chagrin of Paul Ehrlich, the "population bomb" never went off, even after 5 fucking decades. Eight billion humans can comfortably live in Texas. So that's also not an issue*.
And, even more so, the Homo Sapiens saved Earth:
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2013/Deserts-greening-from-rising-CO2
https://phys.org/news/2016-04-co2-fertilization-greening-earth.html
What am I getting at with this? During the Last Glacial Maximum CO2 levels were 170ppm. C3 plants (80% of vegetation) carbon starvation occurs at 150ppm. We're unlocking Life.
Resources are constrained through the limits of technology.
The concept of "non-renewable" vs "renewable" is a farce.
EVERYTHING, is renewable. We have as much aluminum, for example, today than we did 2,000 years ago and will continue to have until we have sufficiently advanced technology to alter elements economically- such as fusion of a hydrogen proton to say, cobalt, to create nickle.
In addition, much to the chagrin of Paul Ehrlich, the "population bomb" never went off, even after 50 fucking decades. Eight billion humans can comfortably live in Texas. So that's also not an issue*.
And, even more so, the Homo Sapiens saved Earth:
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2013/Deserts-greening-from-rising-CO2
https://phys.org/news/2016-04-co2-fertilization-greening-earth.html
What am I getting at with this? During the Last Glacial Maximum CO2 levels were 170ppm. C3 plants (80% of vegetation) carbon starvation occurs at 150ppm. We're unlocking Life.
Resources are constrained through the limits of technology.
The concept of "non-renewable" vs "renewable" is a farce.
EVERYTHING, is renewable. We have as much aluminum, for example, today than we did 2,000 years ago and will continue to have until we have sufficiently advanced technology to alter elements economically- such as fusion of a hydrogen proton to say, cobalt, to create nickle.
In addition, much to the chagrin of Paul Ehrlich, the "population bomb" never went off, even after 50 fucking decades. Eight billion humans can comfortably live in Texas. So that's also not an issue.
And, even more so, the Homo Sapiens saved Earth:
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2013/Deserts-greening-from-rising-CO2
https://phys.org/news/2016-04-co2-fertilization-greening-earth.html
What am I getting at with this? During the Last Glacial Maximum CO2 levels were 170ppm. C3 plants (80% of vegetation) carbon starvation occurs at 150ppm. We're unlocking Life.